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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Magic Item: The Blue Rose

It remains to be seen whether noisms or Eliyes will kill me for this first ...

The Blue Rose: Inexplicably named -- for while it bears flowery ornamentation, there is no rose amongst it -- the Blue Rose is a blade both famed and cursed.

With a long and surprisingly slim blade of highly polished steel, Blue Rose appears deceptively fragile; its grip is of polished ebony threaded with plaited gold wire, its pommel-nut an unidentifiable fruit, perhaps a pomegranate, carved of lapis. The Blue Rose's leaf-and-blossom etched golden quillions are forked, one crescent curving forward and the other back, and instead of a knuckle-guard the hilt is threaded with a golden chain that rests against the hand before meeting the pommel and trailing away to terminate in a coin-sized locket of gold.

The Blue Rose is a sword +1, +2 vs. otherworldly creatures. Against an oathbreaker or deciever the Blue Rose inflicts an extra 1-6 hit points of damage, as the slender blade is antithetical to such things; twice a day, it may be slashed through an illusion to dispel it or used to ward against a mental domination. Strangely enough, if the Blue Rose is stood in an enclosed field for a year and a day it will double the yield of the earth and bring good fortune to those who work it; but the blade loses all power for a year and a day following.

Unfortunately, the bearer of the Blue Rose pays for its power. While claiming ownership of the blade its bearer is treated as if possessing a Constitution two points lower.

Poor noisms. He's just joined my campaign, and I <3 Blue Rose. Why, he's not yet figured out that the whole plot of the campaign is to bring the bisexual megalomaniacal autocrat magical stag to this world, so it can institute a thousand year reign of peace and prosperity for all! ;)

Seriously, very interesting magic item, in spite of the in-jokes. A bit to smallsword for my campaign, but I might steal an idea or two.